I run off where the drifts get deeper

[sovay]

This is what happens when I try to take an interest in current politics.

Otherwise known as, yet another hint that you may have read too much Ursula K. Le Guin—am I the only person on this planet who thinks that Geir Haarde sounds like a Gethenian name?

Comments

[larryhammer]

You're not the only one.

---L.

[sovay]

Thanks. I think this is reassuring . . .

[larryhammer]

The first name, btw, is pronounced with a long A vowel -- the same one that starts Reykjavík.

---L.

[sovay]

Yay; I've been pronouncing it correctly. What happens with the last name?

[larryhammer]

I'm not sure what Icelanders do with Danish-derived names. Possibly pronounce it like Danish?

---L.